Sexual harassment by males reduces female fecundity in the alfalfa leafcutting bee, Megachile rotundata

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 165-171

  Rossi, Benjamin H ^a   Nonacs, Peter ^a   Pitts Singer, Theresa L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

alfalfa leafcutting bee; cost; fecundity; female resistance; Hymenoptera; Megachile rotundata; sex ratio; sexual coercion; sexual conflict; sexual harassment

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ALFALFA; BEE; FECUNDITY; FITNESS; FOOD AVAILABILITY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PREDATION RISK; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL CONFLICT;

APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MEGACHILE ROTUNDATA; MEGACHILIDAE;

EID: 72149130929     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.10.023     Document Type: Article

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